(Ebook) The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention (Best Practices) by Marc McDonald, Robert Musson, Ross Smith ISBN 9780735622531, 0735622531

(Ebook) The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention (Best Practices) by Marc McDonald, Robert Musson, Ross Smith ISBN 9780735622531, 0735622531

I had a chance to read this book thanks to lots of snow here in the Mid-Atlantic region. It is easy to read, with good examples. There were some very useful graphics and charts throughout the book. Chapter 3 on economics was good, but could have been better, and I wish there were more case studies to relate to improvements in process. Overall though it is a very balanced apporach to quality software and defect prevention. So many other publications tend to over stress back end testing, and automated testing tools. I do wish there were a bit more on practical guides to developing testing strategies in differnet SDLC methods, and in balancing requirements and test scripting. The chapter on a quality culture is not very practical and seems not to tie back to the economics chapter as well as I would have hoped. Overall though I thought this was a very useful book and well worth the purchase price.